Browse by Tag: Persecution


  • Lord of the World

    đź“ť Book Review  Â· calendar Oct 5, 2024 · 3 min read  Â·
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    Lord of the World
    An intensely packed novel contrasting Christianity, Humanism, and the Antichrist
    Author(s): Robert Hugh Benson
    Star Rating:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  5/5

    Lord of the World was written by Robert Hugh Benson, a Catholic priest, and published in 1907. Benson himself was a convert to the Catholic faith. He wrote this novel about a dystopian society centered around an anti-Christ figure, Julian Felsenburgh. This is a very packed and well-written novel! It shows one way that …


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  • The Power and the Glory

    đź“ť Book Review  Â· calendar Aug 8, 2024 · 2 min read  Â·
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    The Power and the Glory
    A thriller novel about a priest’s moral struggles in a time of persecution
    Author(s): Graham Greene
    Star Rating:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★  5/5

    This book was fascinating and mysterious, and it kept me wondering what would happen next. It is a fictional novel about a priest in Mexico during a time of anti-Catholicism when Catholicism was outlawed. This priest had been on the run for years, and the police had been unable to catch him. We start in the story by …


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